Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” and Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” led the nominations for the 2008 Chicago Film Critics’ Association Awards taking six nods apiece. Both received notices for both best picture and best director, as did Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” Andrew Stanton’s “WALL-E” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Winners will be announced on the morning of Thursday, December 18, 2008 by Richard Roeper, Dean Richards and CFCA President Dann Gire. The full list of nominations is below.